The end of my internship is (sadly) approaching but I’m busier than ever. There’s a poster session happening here next week in which all of the Pittsburgh interns present their projects via poster boards and the rest of the office is welcome to browse and ask questions. I have some experience with poster presentations from science project competitions I was involved in during high school, but they still make me nervous! I’m also working on my projects, of course, and with less than four weeks left, I’m definitely feeling the pressure.

Dan Klein (left), one of my SRE coworkers, talking to me (center)
and my partner David (right, in white) on the boat.

Fortunately, as always, there are always fun things to do around work to help mitigate the stress. Last Thursday, interns and hosts and guests all went on the intern boat cruise around the three rivers of Pittsburgh.

Despite living in Pittsburgh for nearly four years, I’d never been on the river cruise, so it was a nice way to spend a relaxing evening. Last Friday there was also an intern picnic over in Mellon Park, which is right across the street from Google Pittsburgh’s office. Chef Lee provided the food and it was excellent, as always.

It’s hard to believe that in a month, I’ll be back in school. Working at Google has been a great experience; between the culture, the work environment, the awesomeproductsweputout, and especially the people, who are among the most helpful and intelligent that I’ve met, I’m not surprised that we’ve been called the best company to work for. I would love to continue working here, so I’m applying for a full-time position upon graduation. Wish me luck!

I am happy to be returning to CMU for my final year, but lectures would be a lot more fun if the professors took a page out of Google’s book and had Nerf fights. Just saying.

Until next time,

Jess

Fun Google fact: On the top floor of the Pittsburgh office, there’s a big cargo net overlooking the floor below that you can hang out on. I’ve brought my laptop there on more than a few afternoons.